diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/AbstractListenerContainerParser.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/AbstractListenerContainerParser.java
index 784e8f502d1..566cccb5b86 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/AbstractListenerContainerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/AbstractListenerContainerParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ abstract class AbstractListenerContainerParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	protected static final String CONCURRENCY_ATTRIBUTE = "concurrency";
 
+	protected static final String PHASE_ATTRIBUTE = "phase";
+
 	protected static final String PREFETCH_ATTRIBUTE = "prefetch";
 
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JcaListenerContainerParser.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JcaListenerContainerParser.java
index 930b10d996c..cc2767fc7bd 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JcaListenerContainerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JcaListenerContainerParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class JcaListenerContainerParser extends AbstractListenerContainerParser {
 			configDef.getPropertyValues().add("maxConcurrency", concurrency[1]);
 		}
 
+		String phase = containerEle.getAttribute(PHASE_ATTRIBUTE);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(phase)) {
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("phase", phase);
+		}
+
 		String prefetch = containerEle.getAttribute(PREFETCH_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(prefetch)) {
 			configDef.getPropertyValues().add("prefetchSize", new Integer(prefetch));
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
index 950316c44ed..554c79baf6c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ class JmsListenerContainerParser extends AbstractListenerContainerParser {
 
 	private static final String ERROR_HANDLER_ATTRIBUTE = "error-handler";
 
-	private static final String PHASE_ATTRIBUTE = "phase";
-
 	private static final String CACHE_ATTRIBUTE = "cache";
 
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
index 4ee34a8d003..fa50a57cd6a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
@@ -391,6 +391,16 @@
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="phase" type="xsd:string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	The lifecycle phase within which this container should start and stop. The lower
+	the value the earlier this container will start and the later it will stop. The
+	default is Integer.MAX_VALUE meaning the container will start as late as possible
+	and stop as soon as possible.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
index 0480804277c..6955b6fc398 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public class JmsNamespaceHandlerTests extends TestCase {
 		int defaultPhase = getPhase(DefaultMessageListenerContainer.class.getName() + "#0");
 		assertEquals(99, phase1);
 		assertEquals(99, phase2);
-		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, phase3);
-		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, phase4);
+		assertEquals(77, phase3);
+		assertEquals(77, phase4);
 		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, defaultPhase);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
index 0aa40c42265..5634d157a70 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	</jms:listener-container>
 
 	<jms:jca-listener-container resource-adapter="testResourceAdapter" activation-spec-factory="testActivationSpecFactory"
-			message-converter="testMessageConverter">
+			message-converter="testMessageConverter" phase="77">
 		<jms:listener id="listener3" destination="testDestination" ref="testBean1" method="setName"/>
 		<jms:listener id="listener4" destination="testDestination" ref="testBean2" method="setName" response-destination="responseDestination"/>
 	</jms:jca-listener-container>